gimped

past tense of gimp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimped
Verb
  • With Garland hobbled by his toe injury, Jerome got forced into a larger role, and the Pacers exposed him as Cleveland's weak link.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • While appearing radical at the time, the revamping of scientific boards to include more industry representatives, the undoing of power plant rules and the lessening of enforcement hobbled but did not completely undo the agency.
    Barbara Kates-Garnick, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • By the time Sega backed out of the hardware race post-Dreamcast, Shinobi mostly limped on with a couple of 3D entries for PlayStation and Nintendo platforms before fading into obscurity.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Sears limped into bankruptcy in October 2018.
    Michael Cannivet, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Outside what is today a parking garage, a group of Union soldiers — unarmed and asleep in tents — were trampled by horses and murdered by Quantrill’s raiders.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • An 85-year-old man from Vienna died after he and his 82-year-old wife were reportedly trampled by a herd of cows while hiking in Austria.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Gimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimped. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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